Thursday, May 14, 2009

Videos: Soccer Signature Moves and Skills

These videos show some of the amazing skills that many of the world's all time greats became known for. In many cases the players involved used the moves so frequently that it became their signature and the skill was named after them. In the modern game, many players can pull off a majority of these moves, but these videos show the players that put these exceptional skills on the map.

Zinedine Zidane 'Roulette' 'Pirouette' 'Marseille Roulette' '360'

Johann Cruyff 'Cruyff Turn'

Rivelino 'Elasticos'

Diego Maradona 'Rabona'

Cuauhtemoc Blanco 'Blanco Hop' 'Cuauhteminha' 'Bunny Hop'

Kerlon 'Seal Dribble'

Rene Higuita 'Scorpion Kick'

Pele 'Sombrero'

Hugo Sanchez 'Bicycle Kick' 'Chilena'

Ferenc Puskás 'V-Move' at the 18 second mark

The 'Stanley Matthews' -Matthews does his winger 'cut' move a couple of times in this video-